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Storage Area Networks For Dummies

Christopher Poelker, Alex Nikitin · ISBN 9780470385135
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Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Author(s) Christopher Poelker / Alex Nikitin
Edition 2
Published 19th December 2008
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If you?ve been charged with setting up storage area networks
for your company, learning how SANs work and managing data storage
problems might seem challenging. Storage Area Networks For
Dummies, 2nd Edition
comes to the rescue with just
what you need to know.

Whether you already a bit SAN savvy or you?re a complete
novice, here?s the scoop on how SANs save money, how to
implement new technologies like data de-duplication, iScsi, and
Fibre Channel over Ethernet, how to develop SANs that will aid your
company?s disaster recovery plan, and much more. For example,
you can:



  • Understand what SANs are, whether you need one, and what you
    need to build one

  • Learn to use loops, switches, and fabric, and design your SAN
    for peak performance

  • Create a disaster recovery plan with the appropriate
    guidelines, remote site, and data copy techniques

  • Discover how to connect or extend SANs and how compression can
    reduce costs

  • Compare tape and disk backups and network vs. SAN backup to
    choose the solution you need

  • Find out how data de-duplication makes sense for backup,
    replication, and retention

  • Follow great troubleshooting tips to help you find and fix a
    problem

  • Benefit from a glossary of all those pesky acronyms


From the basics for beginners to advanced features like snapshot
copies, storage virtualization, and heading off problems before
they happen, here?s what you need to do the job with
confidence!

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